BROWSE
townland
Loch na gCionn
genitive: Loch na gCionn
(Irish)
Loughnagin
(English)

Glossary

ceann, cionn
English head, headland
English lake; inlet

Explanatory note

Centrepoint

54.9709, -7.69112latitude, longitude
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Historical references

1654
a little Lough called Loughnaginn
CS III Leathanach: 92
1834
Loughnagin
TAB
1835c
Loughnagan
Brooke Maps 1764:AL (DG)
1835c
Loughnagin
BS:AL
1835c
Loch na g-Cionn 'lake of the heads'
OD:AL
1835c
Loughnagin
Wray Map 1725:AL (DG) Leathanach: 1725

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